method

encode_www_form_component

v1_9_2_180 - Show latest stable - Class: URI

encode_www_form_component(str)

public

Encode given str to URL-encoded form data.

This doesn’t convert *, -, ., 0-9, A-Z, _, a-z, does convert SP to +, and convert others to %XX.

This refers http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/forms.html#url-encoded-form-data

See URI.decode_www_form_component, URI.encode_www_form

# File lib/uri/common.rb, line 732
  def self.encode_www_form_component(str)
    if TBLENCWWWCOMP_.empty?
      256.times do |i|
        TBLENCWWWCOMP_[i.chr] = '%%%02X' % i
      end
      TBLENCWWWCOMP_[' '] = '+'
      TBLENCWWWCOMP_.freeze
    end
    str = str.to_s
    if HTML5ASCIIINCOMPAT.include?(str.encoding)
      str = str.encode(Encoding::UTF_8)
    else
      str = str.dup
    end
    str.force_encoding(Encoding::ASCII_8BIT)
    str.gsub!(/[^*\-.0-9A-Z_a-z]/, TBLENCWWWCOMP_)
    str.force_encoding(Encoding::US_ASCII)
  end

encode_www_form_component

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